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4 dead, over 95 hurt in car explosion at police HQ in Kabul; Taliban claims attack

The Taliban has claimed the responsibility in a statement, saying that one of its suicide bombers carried out the attack, which had targeted a “recruitment center.”

4 dead, over 95 hurt in car explosion at police HQ in Kabul; Taliban claims attack

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At least four people were killed and over 95 injured after a car bomb exploded outside a police station in Kabul on Wednesday, according to government officials.

The Taliban has claimed the responsibility in a statement, saying that one of its suicide bombers carried out the attack, which had targeted a “recruitment center.”

“A large number of soldiers and police were killed or wounded”, the statement further said.

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The device exploded when a vehicle stopped at a checkpoint outside the station, said Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi.

The attack reportedly targeted police district 6 (PD6) headquarters in the Golaee Dawa Khana area of Kabul.

Eyewitnesses said that gunfire could be heard after the explosion.

Interior ministry deputy spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said that “so far four people had been confirmed dead and more than 90 wounded, including 23 children”.

Three of the dead were members of the security forces and one was a civilian.

Most of the wounded were civilians, who have long borne the brunt of the Afghan war.

The latest bombing comes as US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad visits the region for further meetings aimed at bringing an end to the war in Afghanistan, which by some estimates was the world’s deadliest conflict zone in 2018.

Khalilzad, who met Taliban representatives last month in Abu Dhabi, is travelling to Afghanistan as well as China, India and Pakistan on the trip lasting through January 21.

The Taliban has repeatedly refused to talk to Kabul, which it sees as a US puppet and ineffective.

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